High Noon – January program, Place Names (Virtual Zoom)

High Noon
January 21, 2027
Noon

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Dr. Christine Johnson, historian

Title: Nevada’s Place Names

Speaker: Dr. Christine Johnson, historian, UNR Adjunct Professor, and Sparks Heritage Museum Executive Director

Talk Summary: Dr. Christine Johnson will talk about her book project with UNR to update Nevada Place Names book. The original book was written by author and researcher Helen Carlson, who spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’s place names, using the maps of explorers, miners, government surveyors, and city planners and poring through historical accounts, archival documents, county records, and newspaper files.

Speaker Bio: Christine Johnson is the executive secretary for the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names.